# Queens University foundation wins fundraising award

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/10/14/queens-university-foundation-wins-fundraising-award/
- Published: 2012-10-14T10:24:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Queens University has won the Outstanding University Fundraising Team of the Year
award at the Times Higher Leadership and Management Awards in London.

 

The University’s Development and Alumni Relations Office won the award for the fundraising
campaign which raised almost £5 million for the new Graduate and Executive Education
Centre at Riddel Hall in Belfast.

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The judges said they admired the way in which the University had managed not only
to raise an impressive sum but also to link the project to its own aims and to Northern
Ireland’s skilled graduates and improve its business leadership.

 

The Riddel Hall Founders’ Club, which saw 24 businesses contributing £1.5 million
to the project, was also praised by the judges. Judges found the focus on building
ever stronger links with the local business community to be a key aspect of Queen’s
impressive philanthropic performance for the financial year.

 

Director of Development and Alumni Relations Norma Sinte said: “This is a tremendous
accolade for the team. It recognises a significant achievement and a great deal 
of hard work. The success would not have been possible without the co-operation 
of colleagues across the University and the Board of the Queen’s Foundation, in 
particular Ed Vernon, who led the fundraising campaign on behalf of the Foundation.”

 

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